diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a1d7bfee..03f907d0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ GCC_VISIBILITY_CC
 GCC_GNU89_INLINE_CC
 
 # Host-dependant definitions
-SIZECMD="stat -L -c %s"
+SIZECMD="stat -c %s"
 SEDINPLACE="sed -i"
 STRIP_BINARIES="--strip-all"
 STRIP_SHARED="--strip-unneeded"
 STRIP_STATIC="--strip-debug"
 case "${host_os}" in
 	*bsd*)
-		SIZECMD="stat -L -f %z"
+		SIZECMD="stat -f %z"
 		SEDINPLACE="sed -i \"\""
 		;;
 	cygwin*)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 		;;
 	darwin*)
 		host_os_darwin=yes
-		SIZECMD="/usr/bin/stat -L -f %z"
+		SIZECMD="/usr/bin/stat -f %z"
 		SEDINPLACE="/usr/bin/sed -i ''"
 		STRIP_BINARIES=""
 		STRIP_SHARED="-S"
diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
index 26aa7257..2bb9c83f 100644
--- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ db_write_delta() {
 	# get md5sum and compressed size of package
 	md5sum="$(openssl dgst -md5 "$deltafile")"
 	md5sum="${md5sum##* }"
-	csize=$(@SIZECMD@ "$deltafile")
+	csize=$(@SIZECMD@ -L "$deltafile")
 
 	oldfile=$(xdelta3 printhdr $deltafile | grep "XDELTA filename (source)" | sed 's/.*: *//')
 	newfile=$(xdelta3 printhdr $deltafile | grep "XDELTA filename (output)" | sed 's/.*: *//')
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ db_write_entry() {
 
 	# compute base64'd PGP signature
 	if [[ -f "$pkgfile.sig" ]]; then
-		pgpsigsize=$(@SIZECMD@ "$pkgfile.sig")
+		pgpsigsize=$(@SIZECMD@ -L "$pkgfile.sig")
 		if (( pgpsigsize > 16384 )); then
 			error "$(gettext "Invalid package signature file '%s'.")" "$pkgfile.sig"
 			return 1
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ db_write_entry() {
 		pgpsig=$(openssl base64 -in "$pkgfile.sig" | tr -d '\n')
 	fi
 
-	csize=$(@SIZECMD@ "$pkgfile")
+	csize=$(@SIZECMD@ -L "$pkgfile")
 
 	# compute checksums
 	msg2 "$(gettext "Computing checksums...")"